Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

Elon Musk Responds To Twitter CEO's Explanation Of Spam Accounts With Very Mature Poop Emoji

Elon Musk Responds To Twitter CEO's Explanation Of Spam Accounts With Very Mature Poop Emoji
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Elon Musk claimed last week his acquisition of Twitter was "temporarily oh hold" over whether fake/spam accounts comprise more or less than 5% of Twitter users.

Musk opted to forego due diligence before making his acquisition offer, but now seems to be attempting to do the fact-finding that would usually have been done before making an offer by saying the acquisition is "temporarily on hold."


According to Bloomberg columnist Matt Levine in his column on Friday, that just isn't a thing.

Levine wrote:

"‘Temporarily on hold’ is not a thing. Elon Musk has signed a binding contract requiring him to buy Twitter."
"Legions of bankers and lawyers and Twitter employees and special-purpose-vehicle promoters are working to fulfill his legal obligation to get the deal closed."
"'The parties hereto will use their respective reasonable best efforts to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement', says the merger agreement. (Section 6.3(a))."
"He can’t just put that 'on hold'."

Current Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal attempted to explain the nuance of the spam/bot situation through a detailed 15 tweet thread.

Musk's response to Agrawal's detailed description was a single poop emoji.


Many Twitter users seemed generally unamused by Musk's seemingly immature reply.

But others thought it was hilarious.






Musk's claims the deal is on hold affected Twitter's stock price substantially, which could spell trouble for him in the future.

Levine described Musk's most recent tweet—and past instances of similar behavior—thusly:

"You are not supposed to say things that aren’t true and that will affect the stock of a public company that you are trying to buy."
"That is what is usually called 'securities fraud,' or what I sometimes like to call 'lite securities fraud.'"

This is far from the first time Musk has tweeted something that may or may not be true and affected the stock prices of companies he is involved with.

He used to "joke" on Twitter about major changes at Tesla that were demonstrably untrue.

These "jokes" would affect the stock price of Tesla. He even settled a fraud lawsuit with the US Securities and Exchange Commission over one such tweet in which he claimed he had found funding to take Tesla private when he hadn't.

It remains to be seen whether Musk will actually go forward with the acquisition of Twitter or attempt to find a way out of the deal.

More from People

Nathan Lane
Phillip Faraone/WireImage

Nathan Lane Reveals Frustrating Reason 'Space Jam' Director Rejected Him For Role

Actor Nathan Lane, on publicity tour for a new TV series, discussed old films and old chances in an interview with Vanity Fair recently.

The actor—a Tony, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, and Laurence Olivier award winner—talked about how all the awards in the world did not land him a role in the iconic movie Space Jam back in 1997.

Keep ReadingShow less
Pete Hegseth
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Viral Post Explains Why It's So Alarming That GOP Is Using Signal App For Top Secret Chats

Amid revelations that Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg was invited into a Signal chat with high-level Trump administration officials, particularly Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, discussing military strategy surrounding their war strikes in Yemen, Threads user jeanie.online went viral after stressing why Trump administration officials are really using the app to discuss secret matters.

It's worth noting that Signal messages can be set and managed to disappear, as the team behind the app acknowledges on the Signal website:

Keep ReadingShow less
Brian Kilmeade
Fox News

Fox News Host Sparks Outrage With Disturbing Stance On Immigrant Deportations

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade enraged social media users after he said that undocumented immigrants "don't deserve" due process before getting deported.

On Monday's broadcast of the right-wing cable news channel Fox & Friends, Kilmeade stated that he didn't think it was "practical to do due process on 8 million people."

Keep ReadingShow less
Donald Trump; Janet Mills
Win McNamee/Getty Images (left and right)

Trump Dragged After Demanding 'Full-Throated Apology' From Maine's Governor

President Donald Trump was called out after reviving his feud with Maine Governor Janet Mills, demanding a "full-throated apology" after she pushed back last month against his executive order banning transgender women and girls from competing in female sports.

Last month, while discussing the order he'd signed on the issue, Trump threatened Mills after she said she would only comply with "state and federal laws," saying he'd deny federal funding for her state:

Keep ReadingShow less
Married couple in a mountainous field
Foto Pettine/Unsplash

The Biggest Red Flags People Have Ever Seen At A Wedding

Tying the knot with the person you see yourself spending the rest of your life with is one of life's greatest moments.

However, those who have an outside perspective of your relationship may see signs that your matrimonial bliss could be more of a miss.

Keep ReadingShow less